RECORD Liverpool signing Andy Carroll has been urged to take revenge for his Portuguese punishment by helping elbow Braga out of the Europa League.

Carroll was caught full on the nose by what appeared a deliberate arm in the face by centre-back Kaka during the Anfield outfit’s 1-0 Europa League round of 16 first leg defeat in Portugal.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admitted he had initially not seen the incident, which left the striker needing lengthy treatment but having escaped any serious damage.

But after subsequently watching television replays, Dalglish has expressed his surprise Kaka has not been the subject of retrospective punishment from UEFA.

And the Scot said: “The best way for Andy to answer anything is to be on the winning side.

“That’s the same for everyone because they will all be aggrieved.

“Andy kept his composure last week, and that’s great credit to him. The best way to vent our anger would be to get a good result.

“I honestly hadn’t seen the incident during the game because Andy had his back to us. But when I saw it on television, you could see it was a bad challenge. For us not to even get a free-kick was even worse.”

Dalglish believes the foul should have been spotted by one of the five officials UEFA employ in Europa League games this season.

“They aren’t referees are they? They’re just Santa’s little helpers!” said the Liverpool manager of the two extra officials behind each goal. “But to be fair to them, I’ve never seen them (adversely) affect any of the games I’ve watched.

“Even last year when they tried it out, it was to their credit that they never tried to take over.

“I don’t know how big a help they have been, it’s up to them (UEFA) to tell us. But they have certainly not been an intrusion.”

Dalglish was also perplexed why more had not been made of Kaka’s challenge, which came during the closing moments on a disappointing night for Liverpool.

“If it was one of our players or a British player, there would have been mayhem,” said the Anfield manager. “For something as deliberate as that, they must surely have some sort of retrospective retribution. There must be something?

“Maybe some will see him as a big guy that doesn’t need protection. Others will referee as they see it.”

Meanwhile, reports in Italy have suggested Juventus are unlikely to take up their option of making Alberto Aquilani’s loan move a permanent transfer.